If you'd like a beautiful signed copy of the awesomeness of Ivan for your very own bookshelf, simply comment here or over at the Kidliterate Facebook page. I'll draw the winner this coming Wednesday, February 29th. If you're commenting here, please make sure you check back - I had a couple of winners last time I was never able to reach, and ended up having to give those books away to someone else.

(Everyone will be relieved to know that we have just had FedEx pickups arranged at work, and shipping of winnings should now not take...er...a few months, in some cases. If you are still waiting on a prize from the year-end giveaway, everything should be mailed out by the middle of next week.)

12/29/2011

And here's part two of the giveaway! I'm repeating yesterday's instructions and disclaimers.

As a celebration of achieving 200 followers over at the Kidliterate Facebook page (have you liked it? it's the easiest way to keep up on when I post here, plus I post links I think are awesome and other little tidbits), I am doing some shelf-clearing and sharing the book love with all of you. This will be the first of a few posts, so check back in the coming days for more! I'll pick all the winners on January 2nd.

Over at Facebook, you enter by commenting on each entry individually. (If you entered there, you do not need to enter here as well.) Here, simply comment on this blog post and tell me which parts you are interested in winning. (If it's all of them, just say all!) I'd also love to know your favorite book or books from this year, but that's just because I'm nosy - it's not a requirement. Anyone can win anything!

How I'll pick the winners: everyone will be assigned a number, starting with the Facebook entrants and going down from there. I'll use the handy random number generator to pick the winner of each item and mail them out sometime in the New Year.

Get extra entries for your desired books by: posting a link to this post on your blog; retweeting the tweet I will send after this is posted (I'm @mposten); posting it on your FB page. If you link to this post, please let me know in a comment!

7. Two awesome middle-grade novels by Matthew Cody, both signed by the author!

POWERLESS: "Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them."

THE DEAD GENTLEMAN: "Eleven-year-old orphan Tommy Learner's world in 1900 New York City collides with that of twelve-year-old, modern-day Jezebel Lemon in the basement of her apartment building, where together they must use the portals between worlds to thwart the Dead Gentleman, a legendary villain whose last unconquered world is the planet Earth." (Sort of like a steampunk-y Jack Harkness adventure for middle-grade - I LOVED this book.)

8. Three PINKALICIOUS books! Two of the I Can Reads - PINK AROUND THE RINK and SCHOOL RULES - and one of the 8 x 8 paperbacks - PINKALICIOUS AND THE PINK DRINK (a personal favorite of my five year old daughter Molly).

9. A signed hardcover copy of Ally Condie's MATCHED. "Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black."

10. a signed copy of Mike Mullin's ASHFALL, a fantastic post-apocalyptic book I was thrilled to help vote onto the 2011 ABC New Voices List!

"Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park don't realize that the boiling hot springs and spraying geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano, so large that the caldera can only be seen by plane or satellite. And by some scientificmeasurements, it could be overdue for an eruption. For Alex, being left alone for the weekend means having the freedom to play computer games and hang out with his friends without hassle from his mother. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence. Alex begins a harrowing trek to seach for his family and finds help in Darla, a travel partner he meets along the way. Together they must find the strength and skills to survive and outlast an epic disaster."

11. A hardcover copy of Suzanne Collins's MOCKINGJAY, stamped with the special stamp she used at tour appearances. "Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe, in the powerful and haunting final installment of Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy."

"Innocent until proven guilty? Not here you're not. Robbed of his childhood, this is one boy's fictional experience of the supposed war on terror. Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from England, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when most boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him."

Again, simply comment by saying something like "I'd love 7, 9, and 10, please! And my favorite book of the year was OKAY FOR NOW by Gary Schmidt." (Feel free to enter for everything!) And may the odds be ever in your favor!

12/28/2011

As a celebration of achieving 200 followers over at the Kidliterate Facebook page (have you liked it? it's the easiest way to keep up on when I post here, plus I post links I think are awesome and other little tidbits), I am doing some shelf-clearing and sharing the book love with all of you. This will be the first of a few posts, so check back in the coming days for more! I'll pick all the winners on January 2nd.

Over at Facebook, you enter by commenting on each entry individually. (If you entered there, you do not need to enter here as well.) Here, simply comment on this blog post and tell me which parts you are interested in winning. (If it's all of them, just say all!) I'd also love to know your favorite book or books from this year, but that's just because I'm nosy - it's not a requirement. Anyone can win anything!

How I'll pick the winners: everyone will be assigned a number, starting with the Facebook entrants and going down from there. I'll use the handy random number generator to pick the winner of each item and mail them out sometime in the New Year.

Get extra entries for your desired books by: posting a link to this post on your blog; retweeting the tweet I will send after this is posted (I'm @mposten); posting it on your FB page. If you link to this post, please let me know in a comment!

And now, the initial list, with book descriptions I took from Ingram's website (thank you, Ingram!):

1. two awesome picture books! KING HUGO'S HUGE EGO, the latest stroke of brilliance from the awesome Chris Van Dusen; plus MOUSE AND LION, and gorgeous new retelling of the Aesop fable by Rand Burkert, with art by Nancy Ekholm Burkert!

2.SHINE by Lauren Myracle, the riveting YA novel that was the centerpiece of the biggest debacle the National Book Award has ever known. "When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, 16-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small Southern town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone in the name of justice."

3. WILDWOOD, the debut middle-grade fantasy novel by Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy, with beautiful art by his wife, Carson Ellis. "After her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants."

4. an advance copy of GRAVE MERCY, book 1 of the HIS FAIR ASSASSIN series by Robin LaFevers (4/12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). "Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes a brutal arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of assassins--for a price. Packed with love, magic, and deadly games of courtly intrigue and treason, book one of a fast-paced trilogy set in 15th-century France combines romance with captivating action." (The ARC cover is not the pretty pretty you see here, BTW.)

5. Two terrific SIGNED middle-grade novels: LUV YA BUNCHES by Lauren Myracle ("The first book in a four-part series, "Luv Ya Bunches" is a funny, honest middle-grade novel about four friends navigating the ups and downs of fifth grade.") and Newbery Honor/National Book Award finalist/Coretta Scott King winner ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia (""One Crazy Summer" tells the story of three girls who go to Oakland, California, to meet their estranged mother and become involved in the civil rights movement in the late 1960s.").

ONE CRAZY SUMMER is actually signed "to Molly," because I accidentally got two copies for my daughter - but hey, it's signed!

6. Three YA dystopian novels!

THOSE THAT WAKE by Jesse Karp: "On the same day Mal learns his brother has disappeared, Laura discovers her parents have forgotten her. Both begin a search for their families that leads them to the same truth: someone or something has wiped the teens from the memories of every person they have ever known."

POSSESSION by Elana Johnson: "In a world where Thinkers control the population and Rules are not meant to be broken, 15-year-old Violet Schoenfeld must make a choice to control or be controlled after learning truths about her "dead" sister and "missing" father."

AWAKEN by Katie Kacvinsky: "Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it's to go to school or on a date, people don't venture out of their home. For the most part, Maddie's okay with the solitary, digital life--until she meets Justin."

Again, simply comment by saying something like "I'd love 1, 4, and 5, please! And my favorite book of the year was OKAY FOR NOW by Gary Schmidt." And may the odds be ever in your favor!

07/03/2009

And the winners (chosen over the phone by my best friend, who was told to pick two numbers from 1 to 13) are:
Number 4: Janni (FIRE)
and
Number 11: Melissa (CATCHING FIRE)
Please email me your addresses!
Thanks for entering, everyone (and Phil, just let me know what kinds of books you'd like, wouldya? I'll put some aside for you) and I plan on having another giveaway soon! (Possibly not for such desperately sought after books, though.)

07/01/2009

One of my CATCHING FIRE winners never emailed me their address, so I've got it to give away again! I also have a spare copy of FIRE by Kristin Cashore.
I'm going to wrap this one up fast, so I'll draw tomorrow morning. US residents only please, and please tell me in your comment if you're only interested in one title or in either.

06/04/2009

I did in fact take an extra CATCHING FIRE, so you're now all up for that, SHIVER, and ALONG FOR THE RIDE. Please comment on the original giveaway post to enter!
(If there's only ONE you're interested in, please put that in your post - I'd hate to mail a galley off to someone who didn't want to read it!)